I spent the day wandering through and photographing some of Kyoto's many gardens and temples with my camera. Mostly in the vast Nanzen-ji temple complex. I also walked the so-called…
What is it about Kyoto that makes it so attractive to Japanese, and to people from around the world? Why was Kyoto Steve Jobs's favorite place to visit in the…
Well, not really. In actual fact, Noriko took me to a wonderful, varied and seasonal dinner at a restaurant with no external signage in the Gion district of Kyoto. The…
I don't know what to make of Kyoto yet. Coming from Tokyo on the Nozomi Super Express #23 bound for Hakata, a Shinkanzen (bullet train) among Shinkanzen, it was clear…
We were landing at Narita, Tokyo's biggest airport. Waking up, I groggily pulled the shade up and looked down on an almost nighttime landscape wracked with fog. There was something…
Just back from a successful and fun whirlwind trip to New York for PhotoExpo Plus, and I'm headed to Japan at the end of the week. The purpose of my visit…
"Even in the thumbnail on my mobile phone, I recognized this photo as Paris," commented one viewer after seeing this photo. I am intrigued by the idea of creating iconic…
My online course Mastering Flower Photography is going live soon! In the meantime, you can be entered in a random drawing to win a free course by clicking here and…
I'll be presenting my work in New York at PhotoPlus Expo on Saturday, October 26, 2013 on behalf of my sponsors Moab Paper and Zeiss Lenses. If you are going…
The daffodil is also a narcissus, and is a member of the Amaryllis family. The flower is a harbinger of spring. As a narcissus, the flower speaks to self-absorption: in classical…
On an overcast and gray day, I took the RER (Réseau Express Régional) out of central Paris to the suburb of Bourg-la-Reine. From the train station in Bourg-la-Reine I humped…
Peachpit Press has published an excerpt from my book The Way of the Digital Photographer: Walking the Photoshop post-production path to more creative photography. Click here to read the excerpt…
Millions of visitors crowd into the Île de la Cité in Paris to visit tourist attractions such as Notre Dame Cathedral and Saint-Chappelle. Just a few blocks away from the…
This is a shot from behind the clock on the top floor of the Musée d'Orsay looking at the Louvre across the Seine River. The Musée d'Orsay is converted from a railway…
I dreamed I saw Monet's garden at Giverny again. This time in autumn. My dream was waking, and I was really there. What a pleasure to be at Giverny with…
As dusk turned to night on an evening of gathering clouds, for some reason crowds started to form near the Pigalle metro stop. Wandering, I paused and shot this image…
This is a shot looking almost straight up at the line of trees in the late afternoon in the Parc de Sceaux (pronounced "Park de So") using my 15mm f/2.8…
On the outskirts of Paris, at the last stop in the #1 Metro line, lies La Défense, the largest special-purpose business district in Europe. Fifteen of the world's fifty largest…